Judge Preliminarily Clears VPPA Settlement Against Video Game Distributor
A federal judge preliminarily approved a proposed settlement in a Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) case against Limited Run Games, a video game distributor.
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The proposed settlement “is fair, adequate, and falls within the range of reasonableness and meets the requirements for preliminary class settlement approval,” Judge Nusrat Choudhury of the U.S. District Court for Eastern New York said Friday.
It requires Limited Run Games to pay $2.72 million to settle allegations that it shared consumers' personally identifiable information (PII) with Facebook via a tracking pixel without consent.
Additionally, the video game distributor agreed not to use the Meta tracking pixel on its website or apps to disclose “the specific video content requested or obtained by a specific individual” to the social media platform.
The parties must give final approval of the settlement by Feb. 20, 2026. A final approval hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. on March 3, 2026, Choudhury said.
In case 2:24-cv-08861, plaintiffs John Carbone and Ryan Adkins said that Limited Run Games sent their PII, along with video game purchases, to Facebook and other third parties via a tracking pixel.